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Lateral Thinking Questions
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Think outside the box
Acting on an anonymous phone call, the police raid a house to arrest a suspected murderer. They don't know what he looks like but they know his name is John and that he is inside the house. The police bust in on a carpenter, a truck driver, a mechanic and a fireman all playing poker. Without hesitation or communication of any kind, they immediately arrest the fireman. How do they know they've got their man?
All the other players were women
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How could a baby fall out of a twenty-story building onto the ground and live?
It was on the first floor
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A man and his son are in a car crash. The father is killed and the child is taken to hospital gravely injured. When he gets there, the surgeon says, 'I can't operate on this boy - for he is my son!!!' How can this possibly be?
The surgeon cannot operate on her own son; she is his mother.
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R O O TO OO OT O O R
Square Root
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SPACE SPACE
Outer Space
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SEASEASEA
Black Sea
A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50." The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the worker writes, he'll just say he weighs more or less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?
The man wrote “Your Exact Weight” 9
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HISTORYHISTORYHISTORYHISTORY
History repeats itself
A man marries twenty women in his village but isn't charged with polygamy (being married to more than one person). How is this possible?
He is a priest. He is marrying them to other people, not himself.
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AgesAgesAges
Middle Ages
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IT IT
IT IT
Go for it
Bruce wins the race, but he gets no trophy to keep for himself. Why is that?
Bruce is a horse
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ECONOMY
Growing Economy
A man is alone on an island with no food and no water, yet he does not fear for his life. Why is this?
Clue #1: There are many types of islands.Clue #2: Think cars or kitchens.
He is a policeman on a traffic island in the middle of the street directing traffic. Or man standing on a kitchen island.
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PMDog day afternoon
A woman had two sons who were born on the same hour of the same day of the same year. But they were not twins. How could this be?
They were part of a set of triplets
What is it that when you take away the whole, you still have some left over?
The word wholesome
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A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
The lions. They have not eaten in 3 years so they are all dead.
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Safety in numbers
Trains travel from one town to another town all day, always on the same track, always going nonstop and at the same speed. The noon train took 80 minutes to complete the trip, but the 4 PM train took an hour and 20 minutes. How is this possible`?
80 minutes equals
an hour and 20 minutes
Sideshow
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The world in my hands
What do the following have in common?
Types of wolves
What do the following have in common?
Types of agents
1. Gray
2. Red
3. Timber
1. Double
2. Secret
3. Real Estate
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What has keys that open no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but not go in?
A keyboard
For Instance
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This is as light as a feather, yet no man can hold it for long. What is it?
Their breath
For once
In my life
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ORDER
Order in the court
What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
Clue: Think water.
A River
A man takes a barrel that weighs 20 pounds, and then puts something in it. It now weighs less than 20 pounds. What did he put in the barrel?
He put a hole in the barrel to drain out what is in there to make it weigh less
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A man was going to buy a car and have to pay $5,000 for it. But he bought it and didn't pay a penny for the car, how is this possible?
Because he paid $5,000 for it.
Leftovers
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What can go up a chimney down, but cannot go down a chimney up?
Clue: Think rain.
An umbrella
How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?
Only one time. After that, you would be subtracting from 20.
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Four cars come to a four way stop, all coming from a different direction. They can't decide who got there first, so they all go forward at the same time. They do not crash into each other, but all four cars go. How is this possible?
They all turned right at the same time
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Many things can create one, it can be of any shape or size, it is created for various reasons, and it can shrink or grow with time. What is it?
Clue: Even if it is large, it is empty.
Clue: Think digging
A hole
Up for grabs
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It is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of the end, and the end of every space. What is it?
The letter “e”30
G IN
Fire Engine
When can you add two to eleven and get one as the correct answer?
Clue: Think time.
When you add two hours to eleven o'clock, you get one o'clock.
Ready for anything
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n us
Sunrise
tenbad
tionsBad intentions
A bus driver was heading down a street in Colorado. He went right past a stop sign without stopping, he turned left where there was a "no left turn" sign, and he went the wrong way on a one-way street. Then he went on the left side of the road past a police car. Still - he didn't break any traffic laws. Why not?
He was walking
Pretty please
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Forgive and forget
Try to Understand
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I’mu
I am bigger than you
There are 20 people in an empty, square room. Each person has full sight of the entire room and everyone in it. If you are not allowed to move in any way (other than your eyes). Where can you place an apple so that all but one person can see it? On someone’s head
How far can a dog run into the woods?
Halfway, any further and he would be running out of the woods.
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Where will you find roads without cars, forests without trees and cities without houses?
A map
Which does not belong in this group: Apple, Grape, Banana, Cherry, Pear.
The banana. It is the only one that needs peeling before you eat it
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Two prisoners are locked in a cell. There is an unbarred window high up in the cell. No matter if they stand on the bed or one on top of the other, they can't reach the window to escape. They then decide to tunnel out. However, they give up with the tunneling because it will take too long. Finally one of the convicts figures out how to escape from the cell. What is his plan?
His plan is to keep digging the tunnel until enough dirt piles up high enough to escape.
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What do these things have in
common?1. Year
2. Address
3. Scrap
1. Fox
2. Scavenger
3. Treasure
1. Buck
2. Baby
3. Wisdom
Types of books Types of hunts Types teeth
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Look both ways before you cross the street
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I have many feathers to help me fly. I have a body and head, but I'm not alive. It is your strength which determines how far I go. You can hold me in your hand, but I'm never thrown. What am I?
Clue: Think
bow
An arrow
What goes
up must
come down
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SETTLESettle for less
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Singing in the rain
I'm not an airplane, but I can fly through the sky. I'm not a river, but I'm full of water. What am I?
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PA RKWalk in the park
A cloud
Colonel Browning is a liar! He was caught lying by the butler at the castle where he was a guest, while entertaining his host with tales of his tiger-hunting exploits in Africa. How did the butler know he was a fake?
There are no wild tigers in Africa
1. D
2. C
3. AA
Types of batteries
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JOBSleeping on the job
ACCAUGHTTCaught in the act
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CHOOSE: CHEEK TOOTH
EYEToothpick
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TRAVEL_________________
BeringRed
Caspian
Travel overseas
Scrambled eggs
Think Breakfast
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Old Mr. Jones was found dead in his study by Mr. Roberts. Mr. Roberts recounted his dismal discovery to the police. "I was walking by Mr. Jones`s house when I thought I would just pop in for a visit. I noticed his study light was on and I decided to peek in from the outside to see if he was in there. There was frost on the window, so I had to wipe it away to see inside. That is when I saw his body. So I kicked in the front door to confirm my suspicions of foul play. I called the police immediately afterward." The officer immediately arrested Mr. Roberts for the murder of Mr. Jones. How did he know Mr. Roberts was lying?
Frost forms on the inside of the window, not the outside. So Mr. Roberts could not have wiped it off to discover Mr. Jones`s body 50
Mike stays awake night after night without getting any sleep at all, but doesn’t feel tired. Why isn't he tired?
He sleeps days and works nights
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If one child has 6 2/3 sand piles and another has 3 1/3, and they combine them, how many sand piles do they have?
One: When combined, the piles make just 1 sand pile
Head for cover No one to blame
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Bend the rulesYou are right next to a river and have a 5 gallon container and a 3 gallon container. You need to measure out 1 gallon of water. How do you do it?
Fill up the 3 gallon container first. Pour it into the five gallon container. Fill up the 3 gallon container again, and fill up the rest of the 5 gallon container, and you should have 1 gallon left over in the 3 gallon container.
Two top chess players in the world played five games of chess. Each won the same number of games and lost the same number of games. There were no draws (ties) in any of the games. How is this possible?
They were not playing each other, but were instead playing two other people
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A horse is tied to a 20 foot long rope. The horse wants to get some water that is 30 feet away. The horse gets the water easily. How is this?
The other end of the rope isn't tied to anything
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Someone’s following me
Tuna fish
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Two mothers and two daughters go to a pet store and buy three cats. Each female gets her own cat. How is this possible?
There is a grandmother, her daughter, and her granddaughter
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Point blank range Ready for more
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13579Rwhelming
Odds are overwhelming
Missing Link
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Mr. and Mrs. Smith were walking home from the shopping mall with their purchases when Mr. Smith began to complain that his load was too heavy. Mrs. Smith turned to her husband and said, "I don't know what you're complaining about because if you gave me one of your packages, I would have twice as many as you and if I gave you just one of mine, we would have equal loads." How many parcels was each carrying?
Mrs. Smith was carrying seven parcels and Mr. Smith was carrying five
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B O O K Facebook
All mixed up
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KNOW KNOW
KNOW KNOW
KNOW KNOW
KNOW KNOW
Last to know
Neon Lights
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTVWXYZ
Missing You (U)
There is an ancient invention still used in some parts of the world today that allows people to see through walls. What is it?
A window
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cal
cal
cal
cal
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Focal Point
Too intense Out of lineOr
You are rightOr
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Clue: They were looking at this. So explain:
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Out to lunch One way or another
1. Fishing
2. Dotted
3. Finish
& X
Kinds of lines Annex69
A father’s child, a mother’s child, yet no one’s son. Who am I?
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A daughter
What letter is missing here?J __ M A M J J A S O N D
F. These are the first letters of each month
Walk in the Park Total Loss
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A man was found murdered on Sunday morning. His wife immediately called the police. The police questioned the wife and staff and got these alibis: The Wife said she was sleeping. The Cook was cooking breakfast. The Gardener was picking vegetables. The Maid was getting the mail. The Butler was cleaning the closet. The police instantly arrested the murderer. Who did it and how did they know?
It was the Maid. She said she was getting the mail. There is no mail on Sunday! 72
What are the following?
1. Balloon
2. Cork
3. Question
+verb
1. Tree
2. Bank
3. Government
Things you pop
Adverb Things with branches
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What do these things have in common?
1. Gravel
2. Arm
3. Cherry
1. Fortune
2. Bank
3. Story
Pits Tellers74
TOW
DANGEROUS
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Dangerous undertow
DICETROUBLE DICE
Trouble in paradise
bitMORE
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Little bit more
FACRISISMILY
Crisis in the family
ON ON
ROAD ROAD
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On the road again
YOU THE PASTPut the past behind you
HAVE HAVE
HOLD HOLD
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To have and to hold
Time after time or double time
Right by me
What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?
Charcoal 79
P
I
YOURSELF C
K
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Pick up after yourself
___SHIPSpaceship
Talking
5280’
60 Seconds
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Talking a mile a minute
OBSTACLES OBSTACLES
COMING
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Overcoming Obstacles
TOthrowWEL
Throw in the towel
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How many triangles are located in the image above?
27 triangles. There are 16 one-cell triangles, 7 four-cell triangles, 3 nine-cell triangles, and 1 sixteen-cell triangle.
What is in seasons, seconds, centuries, and minutes but not in decades, years, or days?
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The letter N
Is there a 4th of July in England?
Yes. It comes right after the 3rd
SPOT
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XX marks the spot
ROLLING
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Rolling in money
Price
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Price is right
HAVE HAVEHOLD HOLD
To have and to hold
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Three of the glasses below are filled with orange juice and the other three are empty. By moving just one glass, can you arrange the glasses so that the full and empty glasses alternate?
Pour the juice from the second glass into the fifth
TIME
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Beginning of time
SSSSSSSSSSMATCH Tennis Match
GOODNESS
GOODNESS
_______________NEST
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Honest to goodness
TEMP ERA TURE
Falling temperature
Here on earth it is true, yesterday is always before today; but there is a place where yesterday always follows today? Where would that be?
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The dictionary
What kind of coat can only be put on wet?
A coat of paint
I have an end but not beginning, a home but no family, a space without room. I never speak but there is no word I cannot make. What am I?
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A keyboard
How many bricks does it take to complete a building made of brick?
Only one, the LAST one
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A farmer has to get a sack of corn, a chicken, and a fox across a river. The farmer is only able to bring one of the above items along with him at a time. The only problem is if he leaves the fox alone with the chicken, the fox will eat the chicken, and if he leaves the chicken alone with the corn sack, then the chicken will eat the corn sack. How does the farmer get all 3 items across safely?
The farmer brings the chicken across. Goes back and brings the fox across, and brings the chicken back with him to the other side of the river and drops off the chicken, then he goes and brings the corn sack across, and finally he goes back for the chicken and brings it across.
Quite Right
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1.YOUR TUNE2.YORU TUNE3.YORU TNUE
Change your tune
How do you make seven an even number?
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Take away the S in seven
What is the difference between here and there?
The letter T
What has two hands and a face but no arms and legs?
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A clock
Where is the ocean the deepest?
At the bottom
The paragraph below is most unusual. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary you'd think nothing was wrong with it - and in fact, nothing is wrong with it. It is unusual though. Why?
"Gatsby was walking back from a visit down in Branton Hill's manufacturing district on a Saturday night. A busy day's traffic had had its noisy run; and with not many folks in sight, His Honor got along without having to stop to grasp a hand, or talk; for a mayor out of City Hall is a shining mark for any politician. And so, coming to Broadway, a booming bass drum and sounds of singing, told of a small Salvation Army unit carrying on amidst Broadway's night shopping crowds. Gatsby, walking towards that group, saw a young girl, back toward him, just finishing a long, soulful oration ... "
The above passage is taken from the book "Gatsby" written by Ernest Vincent Wright in the late 1930's
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There is no letter e in the entire paragraph
If the red house is on the right side and the blue house is on the left side, where is the White House?
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Washington D.C.
How do you write 1000 with eight 8s?
888+88+8+8+8= 1000.
T
O
W
N
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Downtown
BridgeH2O
Water under the bridge
Clue: Think Sport
Tennis
You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?
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An ear of corn
How many eggs can you put in an empty basket?
One, after that, the basket in no longer empty
What is the difference between an old quarter and a brand new penny?
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24 Cents
Can a man legally marry his widow’s sister in the state of California?
No, he is dead
If you go to the movies and you're paying, is it cheaper to take one friend to the movies twice, or two friends to the movies at the same time?
It's cheaper to take two friends at the same time. In this case, you would only be buying three tickets, whereas if you take the same friend twice you are buying four tickets. Two for you and 2 for them.
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What did you wear the day after yesterday?
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What you are wearing today
If you count from 1 to 100, how many 7’s will you pass on the way?
20
7,17,27,37,47,57,67,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,87,97
What goes up and down but still remains in the same place?
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Stairs
WorkingTime
Working overtime
MY OWN HEART MAN
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Man after my own heart
S S
GOOD S S
GOOD A A
P PToo good to pass up
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Encircle
Which word, if pronounced right, is
wrong, but if pronounced wrong is
right?
Wrong
BADwolf
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Big Bad Wolf
KCEHC
Checkup
Joe bets Tony $100 that he can predict the exact score of the football game before it starts. Tony agrees, but loses the bet. Why did Tony lose the bet?
Joe said the score would be 0-0 and he was right. "Before" any football game starts, the score is always 0-0
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109
Focus on one of the cards below. Focus ONLY on that card. The computer will make the card that you chose, disappear.
The card that you picked, will now be gone.
How did this happen?
Ba
Ba
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Tuba
KEATSKEATS
Parakeets
TI ME
111
Point in time
CHUTE
CHUTEParachute
Get up and go
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I have a large money box, 10 inches square and 12 inches tall. Roughly how many coins can I place in my empty money box?
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Just one, after which it will no longer be empty.
DESDES
Despair
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VISIONVISIONDouble vision
NAE UR ROOMLC
Clean up your room
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A man worked for a high-security institution, and one day he went in to work only to find that he could not log in to his computer terminal. His password wouldn't work. Then he remembered that the passwords are reset every month for security purposes. So he went to his boss and they had this conversation:Man-"Hey boss, my password is out of date."Boss-"Yes, that's right. The password is different, but if you listened to me carefully, you should be able to figure out the new one: It has the same amount of letters as your old password, but only four of the letters are the same."Man: "Thanks boss."With that, he went and correctly logged into his station. What was the new password?BONUS: What was his old password? Hint: It is nine letters long. The new one is : DifferentThe old one was : Out of dateHe said: My password is "Out of date." And the boss told him the new one when he said: "The password is different."
A man worked for a high-security institution, and one day he went in to work only to find that he could not log in to his computer terminal. His password wouldn't work. Then he remembered that the passwords are reset every month for security purposes. So he went to his boss and they had this conversation:Man-"Hey boss, my password is out of date."Boss-"Yes, that's right. The password is different, but if you listened to me carefully, you should be able to figure out the new one: It has the same amount of letters as your old password, but only four of the letters are the same."Man: "Thanks boss."With that, he went and correctly logged into his station. What was the new password?BONUS: What was his old password? Hint: It is nine letters long.
There are two plastic jugs filled with water. How could you put all of this water into a barrel, without using the jugs or any dividers, and still tell which water came from which jug?
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Freeze them first. Take them out of the jugs and put the ice in the barrel. You will be able to tell which water came from which jug.
FACE
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Face Lift
DINCHICKNER
118
Chicken Dinner
RETRAUQ
119
Quarterback
NEVER OLD LEARN OLD LEARN
Never to old to learn
I have no voice and yet I speak to you, I tell of all things in the world that people do. I have leaves, but I am not a tree, I have pages, but I am not a bride or royalty. I have a spine and hinges, but I am not a man or a door, I have told you all, I cannot tell you more. What am I?
A book
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G
HISTORY
I
N
G121
Going down in history
AGE
122
Ageless
AALLLL All in all
I’M 1,2,3 U
I’m counting on you
Tomorrow
123
Back to the future
1.Dracula2.Dracula3.Dracula
Count Dracula
How can the number 8 be divided into two equal halves so that the result is zero?
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oo
Three mountain climbers paid a lot of money to be the first to scale a mountain. After several days of climbing they finally reached the pinnacle, and to their dismay, found a cabin and three frozen bodies. Since the mountain climbers were the first to ever climb the summit, how could this be possible?
They found a cabin of an airplane that had crashed there with 3 bodies in it.
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How could you cut a plain circular cake into eight equal portions with just three straight cuts of a knife? No rearrangements of the pieces after cutting is allowed.
126
With the first two cuts you divide the cake from the top into quarters. You then take the knife and slice through the middle of the side of the cake
Jake was standing on one side of the river (with water in it), and his dog Scruffy was standing on the other side. There was no bridge, nor rocks to use. "Come on Scruffy, come, boy!" shouted Jake. Scruffy crossed the river, ran to Jake, and got a treat for being a good dog. The amazing thing was that Scruffy didn't even get wet! How did Scruffy do that?
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The river was frozen
ATHALON
ATHALON
ATHALON
128
Triathlon
I go around in circles but always straight ahead. I never complain, no matter where I am led. What am I?
129
WORDSPlay on words
A Wheel
Going to school you count 15 houses on the right side of the street. Going home you count 15 on the left side. How many different houses did you count?
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Fifteen. You count the same number of houses because it is the same side of the street
A farmer in Somerset owns a beautiful pear tree, from which he supplies the fruit to a nearby grocery store. The store owner has called the farmer to see how much fruit is available for him to purchase. The farmer knows that the main trunk has 24 branches. Each branch has exactly 12 boughs and each bough has exactly 6 twigs. Since each twig bears one piece of fruit, how many plums will the farmer be able to deliver?
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None - the farmer owns a Pear tree, not a Plum tree...
REA SON
132
WIT
H
Within reason
T TI IM MU US S
To sum it up
Two people are sitting at a table between them but they cannot see each other. Why?
133
How many rats are in the room if there is a rat in each of the 4 corners and 3 rats across from every rat and a rat in the corner next to every rat?
134
4 rats: There are only 4 corners to the room
What is the next letter in the series?
D N O S A J __
J (June – the letters are the first letters of the month of the year in reverse order.)
• How many faces can you see in this picture?
• Seven is good, but if you can see 10 you are doing better ...
Pretend you are an alien who had managed to learn the English language, but you do not know what significance the days of the week have. On which day of the week would you assume
1. You would cook a meal.
2. You would get paid.
3. You would get married.
4. It would be unusually bright.136
Sunday
Monday
Friday
Wednesday
On a busy Friday afternoon, a man walked several miles across London from Westminister to Knightsbridge without seeing anybody or being seen by anybody. The day was clear and bright. He had perfect eyesight and he looked where he was going. He did not travel by any method of transport other than by foot. London was thronged with people yet not one of them saw him. How is this possible?
137
He walked through the sewers
A peanut tree was planted on the west side if a house. The wind is blowing from the north. When the peanuts fall to the ground, will they fall on the north or south side of the tree?
138
Peanuts don’t grow on trees – they grow under ground
You have a bag with four candy bars in it. You promised to give each of your three friends a candy bar, and you want one for yourself. How can you accomplish this, and still have one candy bar left in the bag?
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Take a candy bar for yourself. Then take out two more and give them to two of your friends. Give your third friend the bag with the third candy bar still in it. Or, give each friend a candy bar and keep the candy bar in the bag for yourself.
Your last good ping-pong ball fell down into a narrow metal pipe imbedded in concrete one foot deep. How can you get it out undamaged, if all the tools you have are your tennis paddle, your shoe-laces, and your plastic water bottle, which does not fit into the pipe?
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All the tools are random things that are not going to help you. All you have to do is pour some water into the pipe so that the ball swims up on the surface.
A man wanted to construct an important building and he received tenders from a hundred builders, who each presented their qualifications and claimed to be the best builder around. How did he chose between them?
141
He asked each builder to nominate an alternate in case he could not take up the contract. He gave the contract to the builder most nominated as backup.
Blanket Tennis Shoes
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E
T
A
D
Update
Ice Cube143
Free for all Repeat after me
144
A woman went to visit her bank manager and she took her young daughter with her. The bank manager said that the woman's daughter could stay with his secretary during the meeting. When the woman and her daughter left, the secretary turned to the other secretary and said to her, "That little girl was my daughter." How could that be?
The secretary was the girl's father
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I’ll be there in a minute
Excuse me
146
Trail Mix Down to Earth
147
I have holes on the top and bottom. I have holes on my left and on my right. And I have holes in the middle, yet I still hold water. What am I?
A sponge
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Safety in numbers Balanced meal
149
Count on us Odds are against you
150
DDDWESTDDD
West Indies
Better safe than sorry
151
You have 14 brown socks, 14 blue socks and 14 black socks in your sock drawer. How many socks must you remove (without looking to be sure) to have a matched pair?
Four. You will have a pair of one color or another
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A friend in need 153
Never resting, never still. Moving silently from hill to hill. It does not walk, run or trot, All is cool where it is not. What is it?
Sunshine
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F T I
DRAFTCHOICE
S R
PUT
WRITING
First Round Draft Choice
Put it in Writing
155
What is it that someone else has to take before you can get it?
Clue: Think camera
Your picture
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In what year did Christmas Day and New Year's Day fall in the same year?
It happens every year
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Split Personality158
All over again159
Skating on thin ice 160
Each morning I appear to lie at your feet. All day I will follow No matter how fast you run, Yet I nearly perish In the midday sun. What am I?
Your shadow
161
Nothing good on TV162
What do you throw out when you want to use it but take in when you don't want to use it?
Clue: Think boat or ship
An anchor
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Cross Roads164
Brad stared through the dirty soot-smeared window on the 22nd floor of the office tower. Overcome with depression he slid the window open and jumped through it. It was a sheer drop outside the building to the ground. Miraculously after he landed he was completely unhurt. Since there was nothing to cushion his fall or slow his descent, how could he have survived the fall unhurt?
He was a window washer and opened the window and jumped inside.
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If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don't have it. What is it?
A secret
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Broken Promise167
If you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?
2nd place
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I am four letters long. I can be seen in the sky. I can be seen in the ocean the sea. Can you guess what I am?
I am the color blue
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Trip around the world 170
How many sides does a circle have?
2- The inside and outside
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Two boxers are in a boxing match (regular boxing, not kick boxing). The fight is scheduled for 12 rounds but ends after 6 rounds, after one boxer knocks out the other boxer. Yet no man throws a punch. How is this possible?
They are female boxers
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Foreign Language
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Music to one’s ears
Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?
Fire174
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STANDI understand
Lynn likes grapes but not potatoes. She likes squash but not lettuce, and she likes peas but not onions. Following the same rule, will she like pumpkins or apples?
Clue: Think how each one is grown
Pumpkins. Lynn only likes things that grow on vines
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What can be driven, but has no wheels, and can be sliced and remain whole?
Clue: Think sports
A golf ball
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41ENDS
9ENDS
13ENDS
5ENDS
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AFTER ME… AFTER ME… AFTER ME… AFTER ME… AFTER ME…
Odds and ends
Repeat after me
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Which center circle is larger?
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Neither, they are the same size
On my way to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks; each sack had seven cats; each cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, wives and sacks – how many were going to St. Ives?
One, you are the only one going to St. Ives. The rest were coming from St. Ives
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What 5 letter word typed in all capital letters can be read the same upside down?
Clue: Think water sport.
SWIMS
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2OWT ONE
LIVELIFE
LIVE
Back to Square One
One life to live
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Deep in Thought
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Turn the other cheek
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Robin Hood184
Heart to Heart 185
No matter how little or how much you use me, you change me every month. What am I?
A calendar
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Wide Load
They have not flesh, nor feathers, nor scales, nor bone. Yet they have fingers and thumbs of their own. What are they?
Clue: Think cold weather.
Gloves
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All of Jenny's pets are dogs except one. All of her pets are cats except one. How many cats and dogs does Jenny have?
Jenny has one cat and one dog
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evaletorThink not workingElevator is out of order
whi111leOnce in a while
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What is the four-digit number in which the first digit is one-third the second, the third is the sum of the first and second, and the last is three times the second?
1349Clue: The third number is 4
POUR
Downpour
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CAKE
Upside down cake
CSONCSONCSONCSON
Four Seasons
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DDecide toukeepch
Keep in touch
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Falling in love
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In which sport do winners move backwards and losers move forwards?
Tug of war
The word CANDY can be spelled using just 2 letters. Can you figure out how?
C and Y
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What is the next 3 letters in this riddle? o t t f f s s _ _ _
e n t. They represent the first letter whenwriting the numbers one through ten
In which sport are the shoes made entirely of metal?
Horse Racing
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What is so fragile that when you say its name you break it?
Silence
Half Hearted
At the end of your power
At the beginning of eternity
Blessed is he who finds me
He who still exists after uncovering me
To enjoy my riches forever
My last is in mud somewhere wherever
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There is a treasure hidden under one of 4 colored rocks. They are blue, red, white, and black. There is a clue in the following passage as to which rock the treasure is under. Which rock is it under? How did you figure it out? It reads:
At the end of power is R.
At the beginning of eternity is E.
My last is in mud, so it has to be D.
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bitMOREA little bit more
LEANSDROW
Lean over backwards
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ENIL
Line-up
H dinnerS dinnerA dinnerW dinner
Wash up before dinner
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STAN DING
Standing in the corner
NAE UR ROOMLC
Clean up your room
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Make the line smaller without erasing it.
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A traveler arrives in a small town and decides he wants to get a haircut. According to the manager of the hotel where he's staying, there are only two barbershops in town — one on East Street and one on West Street. The traveler goes to check out both shops. The East Street barbershop is a mess, and the barber has the worst haircut the traveler has ever seen. The West Street barbershop is neat and clean; its barber's hair looks as good as a movie star's. Which barbershop does the traveler go to for his haircut, and why?
The traveler goes to have his hair cut at the barbershop on East Street. He figures that since there are only two barbershops in town the East Street barber must have his hair cut by the West Street barber and vice versa. So if the traveler wants to look as good as the West Street barber (the one with the good haircut), he'd better go to the man who cuts the West Street barber's hair-the East Street barber.By the way, the reason the West Street barbershop is so clean and neat is that it seldom gets customers.
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SLOW
Slow down
GNIW fastO fastRGGrowing up too fast
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PIC truck K Pick up truck 10AC
Tennessee
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dayyesterday
Day before yesterday
BAGNIGHT
Overnight bag
Victory or defeat?
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The wrong end of the stick
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How many times does the letter "F" appear in the statement below?
Eight. Most people fail to spot the "F" in "OF" because it's pronounced as a "V”
FANNY FLINGER WAS OF THE IMPRESSION THAT EIGHTY SIX YEARS OF HISTORY SHOW THAT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE IN EVERY CASE OF FUTURE GENERATIONS
FANNY FLINGER WAS OF THE IMPRESSION THAT EIGHTY SIX YEARS OF HISTORY SHOW THAT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE IN EVERY CASE OF FUTURE GENERATIONS
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Divide 30 by half and add ten. What answer do you get?
70
How ? What does ½ really mean? 0.5! So 30 divided by 0.5 equals 60. 60 plus 10 equals 70
3
Think of a number:
Double it
Add 6Half it
Subtract your original numberThe number you now have is……..
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What can go from there to here by disappearing then go from here to there by appearing?
The letter T
If the average Eskimo eats 10 walruses in a lifetime, and one walrus is equal to 5 ½ penguins. How many penguins would he eat if he could not get walruses?
None. Eskimos live in the Arctic (North Pole). Penguins live in the Antarctic (South Pole)
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What's missing from the following list of words: Abscess, deaf, ghosting, jackal, monopoly, quarks, tutor, waxy, gazelle
The letter V. All other letters of the alphabet appear
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32 football teams participate in a competition. The 32 teams are paired off and the losers are eliminated and the remaining teams play until there is a champion. How many games must be played to determine the champion?
31
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One snowy night, Sherlock Holmes was in his house sitting by a fire. All of a sudden a snowball came crashing through his window, breaking it. Holmes got up and looked out the window just in time to see three neighborhood kids who were brothers run around a corner. Their names were John Crimson, Mark Crimson and Paul Crimson. The next day Holmes got a note on his door that read "? Crimson. He broke your window." Which of the three Crimson brothers should Sherlock Holmes question about the incident?
Mark Crimson
"?" = question MARK, so the note on the door reads "Question Mark Crimson. He broke your window."
One snowy night, Sherlock Holmes was in his house sitting by a fire. All of a sudden a snowball came crashing through his window, breaking it. Holmes got up and looked out the window just in time to see three neighborhood kids who were brothers run around a corner. Their names were John Crimson, Mark Crimson and Paul Crimson. The next day Holmes got a note on his door that read "? Crimson. He broke your window." Which of the three Crimson brothers should Sherlock Holmes question about the incident?
12:00 = $12.00
ST. LOUIS
Time is Money
Saint Louis Blues
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Two boys were sent by their mothers to sell an equal amount of cupcakes each, worth one dollar per cupcake. They were told not to eat the cupcakes they are selling, and that they should sell all of the cupcakes. At the end of the day, all cupcakes were sold, neither ate any of the cupcakes they were to sell, yet neither boy gained nor lost a dollar. What happened?
Each boy became hungry after a while. One boy decided to buy a cupcake from the other boy, paying him one dollar.The other boy also decided to buy a cupcake from the first boy, paying him one dollar, too.And so it continued until all the cupcakes were sold.
Scent, cent and sent
How can you make the following equation correct without changing it at all?
8 + 8 = 91Look at it upside down.
16 = 8 + 8I am a word of meanings three.Three ways of spelling me there be.The first is an odor, a smell if you will.The second some money, but not in a bill.The third is past tense, a method of passing things on or around.Can you tell me now, what these words are, that have the same sound?
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My rings tell such a storyOf years past with gracious gloryWhere I live is where I stayFrom that spot I cannot strayFrom my home man taketh meSo they can build another home, you seeMany others bore into my sidesThese things that crawl and things that glideI weep with beauty or stand with graceEvery year I shed myself to nourish my placeWhat am I?
I am a tree. My rings are produced every year, just one, and how large it is tells a story of how that particular year was. Where I grow is where I stay, as I cannot pick up and move. Men cut me down to make their own homes, and creatures such as birds and squirrels live in me. When I shed my leaves they put nutrients into the ground which keep it fertile.
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Mice are famous for their ability to multiply at breakneck speeds. The type of mouse we have here gives birth once a month, birthing 12 babies each time. Baby mice mature and can give birth two months after they are born.
You picked up one of these cute baby mice at the pet shop and brought it home the day after it was born. In 10 months from now, how many mice will you have?
One
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On July 7th, I had a most unusual day. I woke up at exactly 7:07, stumbled to my refrigerator and had a 7up. I got dressed, went downstairs, and caught the number 7 bus to go to my office on 77th street. While sitting in my office on the 7th floor, it dawned on me how my day was going so I called my bookie and placed a $777 bet on the number 7 horse in the seventh race, whose name was Seventh Heaven, to win.Do you know what happened?
He came in 7th
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A man was hiking in the hills for the first time and, for safety, he brings along two guides. At the beginning of the hike, the first guide said, "Keep all personal items close, stay behind me, and above all else, keep your balance around the steep drop offs!" The second guide had never been on such a long hike and, despite the warnings, tumbled off one of the high cliffs and rolled into a valley. The second guide's spine was broken in the fall. The man and the first guide watched the fall, shrugged, and moved on. Why did they offer no help or concern?
Clue: Think reading
The second guide was a book (Guidebook)
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GOTGOTGOTGOTHEROESHEROESHEROESHEROESHEROESHEROESHEROESHEROESHEROESHEROES
Forgotten Heroes
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H I J K L M N O
What object in nature does this represent?
Water. H2O (H to O)
Clue: Think being thirsty.
Which one of the following does not belong with the others?Binoculars, eyeglasses, goggles, handlebars, jeans, pliers, scissors, shoes, tweezers
The word "shoes" is the only "pair" that actually has 2 separate pieces
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I walk, but have no legs. I sleep, but never dream. You can rock me in a cradle, but I am not a baby and I can go around the world faster than you can cross a room. What am I?Clue: String toy
A yo-yo
First, think of the color of clouds. Next think of the color of snow. Last, think of the color of the moon. Now, what do cows drink?
They drink water
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I've been drawn by the artists these days, and of old;Yet I'm seen only when all around me is cold.
For most of the time you just live and ignore me;Then you gasp for me, stop for me, mutter below me.
You might say, in surprise, I've been taken away,But it's true I've been with you, at least 'til today.
When I leave you, you leave too!
Who am I?BreathEveryone draws breath, and it is seen on icy days.We breathe subconsciously, but might gasp or stop for breath. We mutter "under our breath" at times.We might say our breath is "taken away" but we have it as long as we live - until we "leave" this world!
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A blessing in disguise
A man is sitting in a pub feeling rather poor. He sees the man next to him pull a wad of $50 bills out of his wallet. He turns to the rich man and says to him, "I have an amazing talent; I know almost every song that has ever existed." The rich man laughs.The poor man says, "I am willing to bet you all the money you have in your wallet that I can sing a legitimate song with a lady's name of your choice in it." The rich man laughs again and says, "OK, how about my daughter's name, Joanna Armstrong-Miller?" The rich man goes home poor. The poor man goes home rich. What song did he sing?
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Hint: It is a song almost everyone should know
“Happy Birthday”
PLAY__________________
Word Word Word
Wonder
Play on words
Small wonder
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You use it between your head and your toes, the more it works the thinner it grows. What is it?
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In Aberland, you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg? Why can’t you take a picture of a man with a wooden leg?
You don’t take pictures using a wooden leg, you use a camera
A bar of soap
Moral Support227
See for yourself228
gone gone
Conclusiongone
gone
Diffe renceForegone conclusion
Split the difference
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A .The number of false statements here is one.
B. The number of false statements here is two.
C. The number of false statements here is three.
D. The number of false statements here is four.
Option "C" is the answer: three statements are false. Since each statement concludes that there is a different number of false statements, that proves that only one statement can be correct (hence the object is to decide which statement is true). Given that one statement is true, by definition, the other three must be false!
Which of the above statements is true?
I look at you, you look at me, I raise my right, you raise your left. What is this object?
Yourself in the mirror
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Imagine you are in a sinking rowboat surrounded by man eating sharks. How would you survive?
Stop imagining!
Forgive and forget232
Your time is up233
Seeing red234
Travel overseas 235
What is one thing that all wise men, regardless of their politics or religion, agree is between heaven and earth?
The word “and”
236
What phrase is this?023456789 lives ever ever ever ever
No one lives forever
You’re under arrest237
First Lady 238
Hands she has but does not hold, teeth she has but does not bite, feet she has but they are cold, eyes she has but without sight. Who is she?
A doll
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Up to no good240
Big Brother241
What is special about the following number sequence?
8, 5, 4, 9, 1, 7, 6, 10, 3, 2, 0
Clue: This how numbers are when spelled out.
They are the numbers 0-10 in alphabetical order.
Stands-----------0_2345
No one understands 242
HJOUOMPPS
VALUE
Jump through hoops
Face Value
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KEEP KEEP
PLAYING
KEEP KEEP YOU & I ______________
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Playing for Keeps
You and I are on the same page
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Back door245
REBMAILATE
2nd 2 Zero
Mail in rebate
Second to none
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In three moves, rearrange the coins so that the three quarters are together and the two pennies are together with no empty space in between each coin. At the end of each move, the coins are always in a line as in the original configuration. Each move consists of moving two adjacent coins at one time.
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4
92 - 38 = 545 is given and 4 is missing
In a stable, there are men and horses. How many total number of feet are in the stable if there are 14 horses and 8 men?
14 horses and 8 men. 14x4=56 plus 8x2=16. Both = 72 feet
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I am a prime number.Double of myself is equal to the square of myself.
Which number am I? 2
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Detective Sherlock Holmes reviewed the information he had so far on a case he was working on. This is what he knows:A lady named ‘Hanna' was found shot and they already had a list of suspects - Anna, Tarun, Mary, Harold, and Montel. The killer is a fan of Sherlock and challenged him by leaving notes at various places. The first was found in a towel room. The second was found in an art room. The third was in a restroom. The fourth in an underwater room. The fifth at the no smoking room.
All of the notes read the same thing, 'The clues are where you find the notes.' Yet, nothing was found at any place the notes were. Sherlock the genius, immediately solved the case. Who was the killer ?
Its Tarun
towel room(T) , art room(a) , rest room (r) , underwater room (u) , no smoking room (n)
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Each symbol is associated with another's position; this upside-down club is always to the left of a right-side-up heart
Look at all the symbols on the picture on the right. Which symbol would go into the space that is blank? Look for patterns.
252
I have got three eyes and all are in a straight line.When my red eye opens, everything freezes.What Am I ?
A Stoplight
Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widow's sister?
No, it is not legal to get married if you are dead
Clue: When my green eye opens, everything unfreezes
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What word describes a person who does not have all their fingers on one hand?
Normal – No one wants all their fingers (10 of them) on one hand
A man crashed his car into a fast-flowing river, broke his arm, could not unbuckle his seatbelt, and became trapped in the car. The car fell all the way to the bottom of the river, yet two hours later when help arrived, he was still alive even though he was still in the river. How is this possible?
The water was only deep enough to come up to his chest
ONCE4:56pm
Once upon a time
Hi WayPass
Highway overpass
Must get hereMust get hereMust get here
Three Musketeers 254
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Can’t judge a book by its cover
256
Starting Monday, bring the history book issued to you by the school
and turn them into ME.
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Ted Ashcroft is found dead in his office at his desk. The police have narrowed the suspects down to three people: Mrs. Harish Kumar, Ted's wife Hanna Ashcroft, and his business partner Mr. Jason Negi . All three visited Ted on the day of his murder, but all three provide the police with stories of explanation as to the reason for their visit. Police found Mr. Ashcroft with his wrist watch still on his right arm, a torn up picture of his wife laying on the floor beside the trash can, and an ink pen in his right hand. On the desk, the police found a name plate, a telephone that was off the hook, and a personal calendar turned to the July 5th page with 7891011 written on it. After examining this evidence, the police knew their suspect. Who was it ?
Jason. Police matched the written number on the calendar with the months of the year. Thereby giving us 7-8-9-10-11: July (7th), August(8th), September(9th), October(10th), November(11th). Use the first letter of each month and it spells J-A-S-O-N
Ted Ashcroft is found dead in his office at his desk. The police have narrowed the suspects down to three people: Mrs. Harish Kumar, Ted's wife Hanna Ashcroft, and his business partner Mr. Jason Negi . All three visited Ted on the day of his murder, but all three provide the police with stories of explanation as to the reason for their visit. Police found Mr. Ashcroft with his wrist watch still on his right arm, a torn up picture of his wife laying on the floor beside the trash can, and an ink pen in his right hand. On the desk, the police found a name plate, a telephone that was off the hook, and a personal calendar turned to the July 5th page with 7891011 written on it. After examining this evidence, the police knew their suspect. Who was it ?
O_er_t_o_
Painless operation
siinformationde
Inside information
horobod
Robin Hood
OturnedUT
Turned inside out258
THE SAND
2 LATE LATE
Head in the sand
Too little too late
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Police broke into a house and found the owner slumped dead in a chair with a bullet hole in his head. On the floor there is a gun and on the table a recording device. When an officer pushed play on the recorder they heard the message "I cannot go on any longer and have decided to commit suicide" followed by the sound of a gunshot. The police immediately started a murder investigation. Why?
They didn't have to rewind the recording device so somebody else must have
Top hat261
That is a big if262
Stay overnight or overnight stay
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What has roots that nobody sees, and is taller than trees. Up, up it goes, and yet it never grows. What is it?
Clue: You can climb some of them
Mountains
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Hitting below the belt265
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You are the bus driver. At your first stop, you pick up 29 people. On your second stop, 18 of those 29 people get off, and at the same time 10 new passengers arrive. At your next stop, 3 of those 10 passengers get off, and 13 new passengers come on. On your fourth stop 4 of the remaining 10 passengers get off, 6 of those new 13 passengers get off as well, then 17 new passengers get on. What is the color of the bus driver's eyes? What color are YOUR
eyes? You are the driver
Three numbers, 16, 14 and 38, need to be assigned to one of the rows of numbers below. Where do the numbers belong? (Hint: This is not a mathematical problem. The numerical values are irrelevant)A 0 6 8 9 3
B 15 27 21 10 19
C 7 1 47 11 17
The rows indicate the shape of the number. Row A is rounded, B is mixed and C is linear. Thus, 16 belongs in row B, 14 in row C and 38 in row A 267
Th
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The Customer is always right
More Power to you
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A rooster lays an egg at the very top of a slanted roof. Which side is the egg going to roll off on?
Neither side. Roosters don’t lay eggs
What seven-letter word has hundreds of letters in it?
Mailbox
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MEN
Ur 1 step me
Men in Black
You are one step ahead of me
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What do the following words have in common?current, by, dew, faze, loan, ate
Clue: Think pronunciation and spelling
They all have homonyms: currant, buy, due, phase, lone, eight
Perform this calculation in your head, mentally adding the numbers as quickly as you can. Start with 1000 and add 40. Now add 1000. Add 30 to that, then add another 1000. Now add 20 to that result. Add another 1000 and finally, add 10 to that. What is the total?
4,100271
Rearrange the letters in the words "new door" to make one word.
“new door" can be rearranged into "one word”
Two fathers and two sons go fishing together in the same boat. They all catch a fish but the total catch for the day is 3 fish. How is this possible?
There are three men: A grandfather, a father (the grandfather's son) and the father's son.
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TAESDRIVER
flimovieght
Backseat Driver
In flight movie273
A glass of water with a single ice cube in it sits on a table. When the ice has completely melted, will the level of the water have increased, decreased or remain unchanged?
The water level remains unchanged because the ice cube displaces its own weight. If you're not convinced, read Archimedes’ Principle, which states that any floating object displaces its own weight of fluid
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MORE MORECRYING
MORE MORE
RUOY TOG ICrying for More
I got your back
275
Dark darker darkest DAWNDarker dark darkest DAWN Light dark darkest DAWN Darker darkest DAWN
$OUR BREAD
It is darkest before the dawn
Sour Dough Bread
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On a dark, stormy Halloween night, four kids named Luke, John, Sarah and Bob walk into a haunted house during a blackout. Only one can escape. They take a staircase to the second floor, a trapdoor on the left, then go up the ladder to the right, followed by a 28-foot slide to the basement through the mouth of a Giant Panda. In one corner of the murky cellar is a chainsaw, a dagger, a rope with a noose and an electric chair. Written on the wall in blood are the words, "Only one will survive - choose your death!" Bob takes the rope, Sarah picks up the dagger, John chooses the chainsaw and Luke uses the chair. Who survives?Luke, because there's no power (it's during a blackout)
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Flight
so
LO head VEheelheel
Solo Flight
Head over heels in Love278
STEP PETS PETS
i right i
One step forward and two steps back
Right between the eyes
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First, think of the color of clouds. Next think of the color of snow. Last, think of the color of the moon. Now, what do cows drink?
They drink water
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TRANSLOSTLATION
NOWHERE
Lost in translation
Middle of Nowhere
281
B10 @ the YR
YOUR $YOUR $
Beaten at the wire
Double your money
282
The letter Z
I'm in a zooBut not in a jungleI rarely come in pairsBut I'm in every puzzle
Some think I'm in a xylophoneBut, I most certainly am notYou don't see me with a loanBut very strangely in a zealot
I'm in the magical prison of AzkabanWell, can't you see?I'm in the buzz of a fanBut, my oh my what could I be?
283
BBRIDE
C K I TRIP E T T
Bride to be
Round trip ticket
284
SHALURKINGDOWS
M1O1O1N
Lurking in the shadows
Once in a blue moon
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A man says his dog can jump over his house. No one believes him but he is right. How is that possible?
The dog can jump over his dog house
If you were to spell out the numbers, how far would you have to go before encountering the letter 'A'?
One thousand (or one hundred and one)
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Your assignment is to determine which light switch controls which light bulb. You are allowed to enter the room only once, and once you come out, you must be able to state with 100% certainty which light switch controls which light bulb. How do you figure this out?
Turn one light switch on, wait a few minutes, then turn it off and turn another light switch on. Go into the room and feel the light bulbs. The one that's still warm is connected to the switch that you first turned on, the other one is the one that was the second switch you turned on. And the last bulb is controlled by the switch that you didn't touch.
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Many Count XMany Count
SHOPPING____________________________________________
Too many times to count
Shopping online
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Three rooms contain, 1) Gold coins, 2) Currency notes and 3) Cotton bags. If all three rooms catch fire, which room will the ambulance pour water on first?
An ambulance doesn't pour water
A boat full of people goes under a bridge and when it comes out the other side not a single person is on it. No one jumped off or was knocked off or goes below deck. How can this be?
All the passengers are married289
What am I?
Every dawn begins with me,At dusk I'll be the first you see,And daybreak couldn't come withoutWhat midday centers all about.Daises grow from me, I'm toldAnd when I come, I end all cold,But in the sun I won't be found,Yet still, each day I'll be around
290The letter D
OCCASION
RISING
OR OR ZERORising to the
occasion
Double or nothing
291
ON
MY
LUCK
1 Margin
Down on my luck
Won by a small margin
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Pencil
293
I usually wear a yellow coat. The top of my head is usually dark. I make marks wherever I go. Sometimes I am sharp and sometimes I am not. What am I?
In baseball, how many outs are there in an inning?
6- 3 for each side.
BAR
WP SUNGLASSES R
A
Raise the bar
Wrap around sunglasses 294
GR 12" AVE
One foot in the grave
faredce
Red in the face
295
shun shunshun shunshun good shunshun shunshun shun
KKKJUSTKKKGood intensions
Just in case
296
Moving or standing still?
297
Darkness
Down below the shining moonAround the trees, a sacred gloomRunning with the midnight skyKnowing the thing that makes you cryNight is full with my essenceEternal light betrays my presenceSoaring through my endless taskShadows are my faithful mask
What am I?
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42 30 1 100 14 56
9 STRENGTH 7 12 36 4 9 11 66 99
His Father
He Takes
Strength in numbers
He takes after his father299
3 x 5=Class6 x 8= Dignity4 x 9= Charm H H H H
A A A AN N N N D D D D
M M M M E E E E
The third time is the charm
Hand me downs
300
BUR
ANOTHERTHING
ANOTHER
Back rub
One thing leads to another
301
insult + injury
Add insult to injury
r y s
Syrup
302
YYA WORD
FI4LM
A word to the wise
Foreign Film
303
ALL OVER
CONCERN
Black and blue all over
Growing concern
304
SCHOOL STAYING
EGG EGG_____________
EZ
Staying after school
Eggs over easy
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I happen once in a minute
Twice in a moment,
But never in a thousand years.
What am I?
The letter M
I am very heavy, but backwards, I am not. What word am I?
Ton
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Thinsg theyTihnsg theyThisng theyThgsin theyThigns theyThsing they
REKCAPThe more things change, the
more they stay the same
Backpacker
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FEETFEET
MANMANMAN
MAN
Two left feet
Last man standing
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EARTHEARTH
evil evil
Down to earth
The lesser of two evils
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A blind beggar had a brother who died. What relation was the blind beggar to the brother who died?
Clue: Brother is not the answer.
The blind beggar was the sister of her brother who died.
The more there is, the less you see.What is it?
Darkness
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PAINS
‘S THAT A H W
Growing pains
What’s up with that
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I have four letters. The first two stand for a boy. The first three stand for a girl. All of
my letters stand for brave boy.
What word am I?
Hero
If EELS + MARK + BEST + WARY = EASY What does HELP + BARK + WARD + LEAD equal?
HARD
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47Find the missing number !
If you multiply 2 by itself a thousand times, what will you get ?
4 It does not matter how many times
you do it, 2 x 2 is always 4 !!
A TV weighs 1 kg plus half its weight.What is the weight of the TV?
2kg
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I dig out tiny caves, and store gold and silver in them. I also build bridges of silver and
make crowns of gold. They are the smallest you could imagine. Sooner or later
everybody needs my help, yet many people are afraid to let me help them.
Who am I?
A dentist
There is a butcher at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall, and he wears size 13 shoes. He has a wife and 2 kids. What does he weigh?
The butcher weighs the meat at the shop
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FOOT 12 inches
POW ERPOW ERPOW ER
One foot in front of the other
Separation of powers
318
What 2 animals do you see?
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A Wave
I can be as blue as the sky or have a white top.I roll through my world and crash into yours.I can be as gentle as a newborn puppy or as vicious as an angered bull, ripping through anything I find.I will topple anything you put in my way if I am strong enough.
What am I?
320
Are these firemen all the same size?
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N V
PAINT TOWN
Green with envy
Paint the town red
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U N C L A FEUD A N T T DAUGHER E MOTHER
tickled
Family feud
Tickled pink
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employee
T H EW E A L T H
High employee turnover
Spread the wealth
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day
WE IGHWA YWH EY
Seize the day
Split three ways
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PILFBack flip
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Wars
Star Wars
Many Count XMany Count
SHOPPING____________________________________________
Too many times to count
Shopping online
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CO2MEFAMILY
NOITANIMIRCSID
Two income family
Reverse discrimination
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Middle aged329
You may find fire within meThough to water I've been compared.You may also find a twinkleWhen through my pane you stare.
When of wind I am the calmThe center holding still.When of you, a different partMy bottom lid, my sill.
You may look into meonly to see through.You may indeed look out of meThrough my frame of varied hue.
The riddle in three partsas letters in my name.The riddle shows you who I amBut tell me just the same.
What am I?330Eye
WEAnicklesdimesquartersTHER
AchanceN
Change in the weather
An outside chance
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PPPPPPP_______________
EARTH
SEARCHING
UUUU
SEARCHING
Peace on Earth
Searching high and low for you332
10 10 10 10 10
PRESSURE 10 10
10 10 10 10 10 10 RIGHT$
Intense pressure
Right on the money
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Are both rectangles parallel?
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FISH FISH
COMPLIMENT
FISH FISH
FALL_______________
SDRAW
Fishing for a compliment
Fall over backwards335
BAN ANA
ATTENTION
Banana Split
Center of Attention
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What do you see? 337
That’s Battle 2
TOLELACTOSERANT
That’s half the battle
Lactose intolerant
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T H E L A WLA4NDS
Lay down the law
Foreign lands
339
CEXPLORATION
1. Good Guys2. Bad Guys3. Big Guys4. Small Guys5. Nice Guys
Undersea exploration
Nice guys finish last
340
THINK + GGOR I AN IGN
Think positive
Going against the grain 341
How many legs does this elephant have?
342
POPFATHER
DADPADRE
WALIEITForefathers
Lie in wait343
PARIS_________ SOON SOON
KNOW KNOWCERTAIN CERTAINCERTAIN CERTAIN
French Quarter Too soon to know for certain
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ONAIP
Family tree
Upright piano
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FAMILYFAMILY
MAKHISTORYING
It’sReawellson
History in the making
It’s well within reason
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B BM MU UH HT T
TUNNELIGHT
Thumbs upLight at the end of
the tunnel
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What do you put in a toaster?
Bread
What types of words are these: madam, civic, eye, level?
They are palindromes; they read the same both forward and backwards
BEND________________
SDRAW
EKOHC
_______BAT
Bend over backwards
Choke up on the bat
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ThinkSpeaking
Think
ALL WORLD
Think twice before speaking
It’s a small world after all
350
us THIS THING us
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ALL ALLALL ALL
This thing is bigger than the
both of us
For one and for all351
All squares square?
352
On a fine sunny day a ship was in the harbor. All of a sudden the ship began to sink. There was no storm and nothing wrong with the ship yet it sank right in front of the spectators eyes. What caused the ship to sink?
It was a submarine
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Head Head 4 4
granetchedite
Head quarters
Etched in granite
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Head Head 4 4
Man overboard355
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Find a hidden face in the coffee beans.
357
Moving or standing still?
358
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Are the horizontal gray lines curvy or straight?
This is 3 angled lines. But when you look closer, what letter do you see?
360
Look at the two thick vertical lines. Are they straight or are they curved?
361
Is this a duck or a rabbit?
362
Can you see the hidden skull on this Halloween picture created by Istvan Orosz?
363
A skull or a lady in the mirror?
364
All dice square?
365
Which center circle is larger?
366
Which line (red or blue) is longer?
367
Are the green lines the same length?
368
In Pompeii, archeologists excavated a single story house that is entirely blue inside. The floor was blue, the oil lamps were blue, the walls were blue, everything was blue. So what color were the interior stairs?
Since it is a one-story house, so there are no stairs
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